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Gensler Looks to Tighten Rules for 10b5-1 Plans

Congress tightening using pipe wrench

While their companies were busy last year developing vaccines to help fight the coronavirus, executives at major pharmaceutical companies were busy cashing in on stock sales. Their trades involved more than 8.5 million shares of stock and p...

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Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

The annual release of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory agenda is typically a dry affair in which the agency rehashes priorities with which close observers are already familiar. Not so this year, as a change in the White H...

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SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

If you asked the boards of directors of public companies what they have against proxy advisory firms, they might come back with a question of their own: How much time do you have? Their complaints about proxy advisory firms, which make reco...

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SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

The subject of screen time has been a hot topic in parenting circles during the COVID-19 era. Now the new Securities and Exchange Commission chair is sounding the alarm about how much gaming adults are doing. It’s not the latest edition of...

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Intelligize Report: Companies Avoid Revealing Human Capital Metrics

Statistical analysis with a team working together with all hands in for team building activity

When the Securities and Exchange Commission formulated its new rule on human capital disclosure, it put into place the regulatory equivalent of the honor system. Instead of requiring public companies to reveal hard numbers about their workf...

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